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Land Rover has been on a quest to fill every nook and cranny in the premium-SUV segment. A far cry from the brand’s single-purpose early years, covering all bases is simply how business is done these days in the upper reaches of the luxury-SUV stratosphere. Currently, there are no fewer than 10 different ways for a buyer to get his or her premium Range Rover SUV on, starting with the short-wheelbase V-6 and peaking with the long-wheelbase SVAutobiography; the Range Rover Supercharged SWB tested here lands right in the middle. (To be clear, we’re talking strictly full-size Range Rover models—this thinly sliced group of 10 does not include the Range Rover Sport, Velar, or Evoque models.) HIGHS Distinctive inside and out, deceptively quick, genuine off-road capability. LOWS Interior space limited considering footprint, infotainment still a little laggy. Familiar Interior, Muscled Motor It was first introduced for the 2013 model year, and today’s fou...

2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport VIEW  61  PHOTOS   In Iceland, a kid can be Neptúnus or Torbjörg or Geirþrúður, but you’ll never meet a Moon Unit or a Zuma Nesta Rock born in the island nation. New parents here must choose from a list of 3500 government-approved names or plead their case to the country's Personal Names Committee, a three-person panel tasked with preserving the country’s heritage and protecting its children from a lifetime of mockery. As overbearing as that sounds, it’s too bad the committee doesn’t consult with automakers. The panel could have stopped Land Rover from abandoning years of history when, in 2005, it dropped the Discovery moniker and began adopting alphanumeric names for some of its models in the North American market. The Discovery became the LR3 (and eventually  the LR4 ) and the compact Freelander was  renamed LR2 . But Land Rover is now righting its wrong on its own terms, as its newest crossover would al...

Even after 40 years the muscle memory kicks in. The left leg pushing the springy clutch pedal to the floor through its circular arc; the left arm out almost at waist height to find first gear, then reaching down past the left knee for the e-brake; the awkward stomach crunch as you guide the stubby lever to the floor. The 2016 Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage is a kinder, gentler version of the battered 1960 ex-Australian-Army Series II in which I learned to drive. But it’s essentially the same car. The large diameter steering wheel sits atop a non-adjustable steering column set at exactly the same angle, and there’s the same lack of self-centering from the worm-and-roller steering; you have to consciously wind off lock as you exit tight turns. There are other 40-year-old ghosts in the machine: The bouncy cadence to the fore-aft pitch as it rides the bumps in the highway, the metallic slap from the driveshafts as you get on and off the gas. Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage Edition fr...